Swollen creek not enough to halt food order

In this photo released by Mike Laiti, Anuson "Knott" Poolsawat, owner of Knott's Take Out in North Pole, walks across Clear Creek with an order of take out food to reach Laiti and Brandon Borgens, two customers stranded along the Richardson Highway, on Saturday, June 21, 2014, near Salcha, Alaska.

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In this photo released by Mike Laiti, Anuson "Knott" Poolsawat, owner of Knott's Take Out in North Pole, walks across Clear Creek with an order of take out food to reach Laiti and Brandon Borgens, two customers stranded along the Richardson Highway, on Saturday, June 21, 2014, near Salcha, Alaska. Heavy rain created a sinkhole in the highway near the creek, but Poolsawat decided to deliver the order of Thai ribs, fried rice and other items anyway. (AP Photo/Mike Laiti)

In this photo released by Mike Laiti, Anuson "Knott" Poolsawat, owner of Knott's Take Out in North Pole, walks across Clear Creek with an order of take out food to reach Laiti and Brandon Borgens, two customers stranded along the Richardson Highway, on Saturday, June 21, 2014, near Salcha, Alaska. Heavy rain created a sinkhole in the highway near the creek, but Poolsawat decided to deliver the order of Thai ribs, fried rice and other items anyway. (AP Photo/Mike Laiti) (The Associated Press)

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FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A little thing like a flooded creek was not enough to keep an Alaska restaurant owner from delivering Thai ribs and fried rice to stranded customers over the weekend.

Anuson "Knott" Poolsawat, owner of Knott's Take Out in North Pole, forded the swollen waters of Clear Creek to reach two customers stuck along the Richardson Highway, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (http://bit.ly/1yFoujf)

Mike Laiti and Brandon Borgens were completing a multi-day drive Saturday night up the Alaska Highway when they called in their order to the restaurant, which was near closing.

As they approached Clear Creek, they learned a sinkhole had developed from heavy rain near the creek. The state Department of Transportation closed the bridge.

Laiti called Poolsawat to cancel their order at the restaurant more than 25 miles away in North Pole.

"I called him and said, 'Hey man, I can't make it,' and he said, 'Not a problem, I'll come cross the waters,'" Laiti said. "He called me and said, 'Should I bring a boat?'"